Obituaries

George Crum

George Crum

May 24, 2007

Jay, Ok. - George F. Crum, 65, died Thursday, May 24, 2007. He was born on December 19, 1941 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Howard and Ruth (Sprague) Crum. George owned Comfort, Inc. in Oklahoma City. He retired in 2002 and moved to Jay, Ok. He married Georgie Keel on April 21, 1999 in Choctaw, Oklahoma. George raised cattle and...

Albert Whinery

Albert Whinery

May 23, 2007

Albert L. Whinery, age 77, a resident of Bartlesville died Wednesday, May 23, 2007 at Heritage Villa Nursing Center in Bartlesville. He was born October 1, 1929 in Bixby, OK. At the age of five the family moved to Barnsdall where he was reared and received his formal education and graduated from high school. He served in the Army Air...

Henry Diaz

Henry Diaz

May 22, 2007

Mr. Henry F. Diaz, 67 years old and lifelong area resident, died Tuesday May 22, 2007 at his home in Sand Springs. Funeral services for Mr. Diaz will be held 10:00 a.m., Friday, May 25, 2007 at the Colonial Chapel of the Neekamp-Luginbuel Funeral Home with Pastor Kevin Ragsdale of the New Covenant Church of God of Sand Springs, Ok...

Curtis Bush

Curtis Bush

May 21, 2007

JAY -- Curtis E. Bush, 91, died May 21, 2007 at the Monroe Manor in Jay Oklahoma. Curtis was born December 23, 1915 in Dodsonville Texas to Oscar Eugene Bush and Oma Nancy (Childers) Bush. Curtis was united in marriage to Virginia Carol Folger February 21, 1934 in Keifer Oklahoma. She preceded him in death in 2005. Mr. Bush retired...

Chester Long

Chester Long

May 20, 2007

Chester "Chet" I. Long II, 79, a resident of Grove passed away in Joplin, Missouri on Sunday, May 20, 2007. Chet was born on October 17, 1927 to George B. and Leona (Groff) Long in Lamar, Colorado. Mr. Long was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps in World War II; he was honorably discharged in 1945. Mr. Long...

Terry Burge

Terry Burge

May 20, 2007

Dr. Terry E. Burge Dr. Terry E. Burge, M.D., 74, resident of Bartlesville, passed away on May, 20, 2007 while visiting relatives in Mooresville, North Carolina. Dr. Burge worked as a physician in the Bartlesville, and Nowata areas since moving here from Michigan in 1982. He also loved working with his cattle on his ranch in Bartlesville. Terry Eugene Burge...

Donald Allen

Donald Allen

May 18, 2007

Bartlesville, OK -- Donald Richard "Duck" Allen, 63, died early Friday, May 18, 2007 at St. John Medical Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Don was born July 6, 1943 at Coffeyville, Kansas to Jess Allen and Hazel (Franklin) Allen. He grew up in Coffeyville and was a graduate of Field Kindley High School. When Don was small, his grandfather nicknamed him "Duck"...

Edward Muncy

Edward Muncy

May 17, 2007

Edward Hugh Muncy Obituary Vinita, OK -- Edward Hugh Muncy, 92, of rural Vinita, passed away at his home, May 17, 2007. Hugh was born, September 29, 1914, north of Vinita to Edward Lee Muncy and Bessie Rae Muncy. He attended grade school at the Kelso, two-room, country school outside of Vinita. He graduated from Vinita High School in 1932....

James Story

James Story

May 17, 2007

James K. (Jim) Story, 75, a resident of Jay, OK passed away at his home on Thursday, May 17, 2007 with family members by his side. Jim was born on October 18, 1932 in Darnell, LA; he grew up in Shreveport, LA. He served in the United States Navy aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS Winston Bay during the Korean War....

Clun Keys

Clun Keys

May 17, 2007

Clun Donnelly Keys, 90 year-old rural Vinita resident, died Thursday, May 17, 2007 at the Craig General Hospital in Vinita. He was born February 10, 1917 in Vinita to Monroe Amory Keys and Martha Ann (Mattie) Donnelly Keys. Clun graduated from Vinita High School in 1936. Clun was in the United States Army during World War II, serving with the...

Charles Vaught

Charles Vaught

May 17, 2007

Charles "Wayne" Vaught, 58, a resident of Grove, Oklahoma passed away at the Veteran's Hospital in Fayetteville, Arkansas on Thursday, May 17, 2007. Mr. Vaught was born in Winchester, VA to Charles E. and Ellen (Haslacker) Vaught. He graduated from Northeastern State University. He was a member of the United States Marines where he earned two Purple Hearts. Wayne was...

Ivan Reeves

Ivan Reeves

May 13, 2007

Ivan Dean Reeves passed away on the morning of May 13, 2007 at the Jane Phillips, Nowata Health Center after a brief illness at the age of 77. Mr. Reeves was born in Coffeyville, Kansas on April 29, 1930 to Truman and Izza Reeves and was the 12th of 13 children. Ivan grew up in Nowata County and remained in...

Eva Hall

Eva Hall

May 11, 2007

Jay, OK -- Eva Lee Hall, 58, a resident of Jay, Oklahoma, passed away May 11, 2007 at Tulsa Regional Hospital, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Eva Hall was born in Claremore, Oklahoma on February 18, 1949. She was one of fourteen children born to Henry and Mary (Grass) Tagg, Sr. Eva is survived by her companion of many years, Phillip Jim Martin....

Lloyd Taylor

Lloyd Taylor

May 11, 2007

Lloyd Taylor, 84-year-old Nowata resident, passed away at 8:00p.m., Friday, May 11, 2007 at the Nowata Nursing Center. Lloyd Taylor was born February 19, 1923 in Marshall, Oklahoma. He served in the United States Navy in World War II in the Phillipines. He married Beulah Mae Glover on March 29, 1947 in Independence, Kansas. He retired from the City of...

Andrew Turner

Andrew Turner

May 11, 2007

Andrew W. Turner, 90-year-old Nowata resident, passed away at 4:30a.m., Friday, May 11, 2007 at the Jane Phillips Nowata Health Center. Andrew W. Turner was born August 19, 1916 in Savannah, Oklahoma to Wm. Turner and Catharine Jo Hoke-Turner. In 1925, the family moved to the Nowata area from Checotah. Mr. Turner attended Nowata schools and graduated with the Class...

Dwight Bratcher

Dwight Bratcher

May 9, 2007

Dwight Stephenson Bratcher of Grove, OK., died Wednesday May 9, 2007 at his home in Grove, Ok. He was 91. Dwight was born January 10, 1916 at Nash, Oklahoma, to Emmett and Myrtle (Stephenson) Bratcher. He married Ruby Yotter on October 5, 1947. He earned his living as a Construction Superintendent, working for Chalmers -- Borden. Dwight served his country...

Roland Allen

Roland Allen

May 9, 2007

Afton, Oklahoma Roland O. "Bud" Allen Roland O. "Bud" Allen of Afton, OK. died Monday May 8, 2006 at his home in Tulsa, Ok. He was 68. Bud was born September 20, 1930 at Bell California. to Oliver and Zola (Holt) Allen. He married Wilma Barnes on January 21, 1983. For thirty-six years, Bud earned his living caring for property...

Jason Lafremier

Jason Lafremier

May 6, 2007

Jason Scott LaFremier, 37-year-old Nowata resident, passed away Sunday afternoon, May 6, 2007 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Rogers County. Jason Scott LaFremier was born January 15, 1970 in LaMiranda, California to Henry LaFremier and Norma Ridenhour-LaFremier. Mr. LaFremier's family moved to the Nowata area when he was 7 months old. He grew up and attended schools...

Avenell Jones

Avenell Jones

May 6, 2007

Avenell (Bryant) Jones, 81 year-old Bernice resident, died late Sunday, May 6, 2007 at the Grove Integris Hospital. She was born May 20, 1925 in Cleora to Thomas V. and Locky Mae (Young) Trimble. Avenell graduated from Cleora High School. She married Carl Bryant on May 13, 1942; he preceded her in death in 1993. Avenell later married Elmer E....

Charles Cook

Charles Cook

May 6, 2007

Charles F. Cook died on May 6, 2007 at his home after living a fine fulfilling life and courageously surviving Parkinson's disease for a number of years. He demonstrated passionate perseverance through the challenges of the disease that ultimately took his life. Charles was born December 21, 1928 in Jonesboro, Arkansas of Dolores (Falk) and Walter G. Cook and was...

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